[sausageseller]

But his continual in-your-face assault for five months

Again an ABSOLUTE lie.

Even "Season on the Brink" reads different than YOUR account.

Also Steve Alfords book, "Playing for Knight" proves you wrong.

BTW I would believe Steve Alford before you!

[triplejake]

I am an IU grad and supported Knight for many years, but enough got to be enough. Bottom line was that he expects total devotion and discipline from everyone around him, but is completely undisciplined in his own conduct. It was also completely classless of him to encourage Haston to go pro to try (unsuccessfully) to torpedo the Hoosiers' chances this year and to talk Sean May out of going to IU.

[NittanyLion]

BTW I would believe Steve Alford before you!

Believe whoever you want. All I'm saying is that Knight treats every game like a championship game, and that's a bad formula for winning the actual championship game. A coach needs to recognize that through the course of a season his/her team will compete in less-than-prime conditions, and go through ups and downs. It's the coach's job to help the team keep an even keel and direct the team's energy toward doing the things it needs to get better. Recognizing this, a team will be mentally ready to compete when it absolutely needs to be, as opposed to mentally exhausted.